Ufc 97

[Rampage]

UFC 97 - Redemption

Date: Saturday April 18, 2009
Location: Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
Time: 10pm ET / 7pm PT Live on PPV

Fight Card:
Anderson Silva vs Thales Leites (UFC Middleweight Championship)
Chuck Liddell vs Marucio 'Shogun' Rua
Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Brian Stann
Cheick Kongo vs Antoni Hardonk
Luis Cane vs. Steve Cantwell

Undercard
Vinicius Magalhaes vs. Eliot Marshall
Xavier Foupa-Pokam vs. Denis Kang
Jason MacDonald vs. Nate Quarry
Ed Herman vs. David Loiseau
David Bielkheden vs. Mark Bocek
Ryo Chonan vs. T.J. Grant
Sam Stout vs. Matt Wiman

who ya got?

 

[Ren]

Fight Card:
Anderson Silva vs Thales Leites (UFC Middleweight Championship)
Chuck Liddell vs Marucio 'Shogun' Rua
Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Brian Stann
Cheick Kongo vs Antoni Hardonk
Luis Cane vs. Steve Cantwell

 

[Rampage]

I think Chuck is gonna beat Shogun.

 

[BigWillie]

Silva
Shogun
Soszynski
Kongo
Cane

Marshall
Kang
MacDonald
Louiseau (More of a hope than a true belief)
Bocek
Chonan
Wiman

 

[Hostile]

Is this the Silva that is the unbeatable force?

 

[BigWillie]

Is this the Silva that is the unbeatable force?

Yes sir.

Although, just from weigh-ins, it looked like Silva was battling the flu so I am skeptical if you will see him at his finest. But even still, he should still KO Leites.

 

[Ren]

I think Chuck is gonna beat Shogun.

they're both on the decline really, Shogun hasn't been good since Pride and Lidell hasn't been good for a few years.
I picked Shogun cause he used to be my favorite fighter in Pride nothing more to it then that

 

[Ren]

Stream links here:

http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=36343∂=sports

 

[Ren]

Shogun is returning to old form, watch out UFC

 

[Hostile]

That was the most boring round I have seen since I started watching this stuff.

 

[Hostile]

The guy in white is scared of him, and Silva is not what I expected so far.

 

[Hostile]

What was that?

 

[Hostile]

Boring.

 

[BigWillie]

Leites should be ashamed of himself. I can understanding not wanting to trade with Silva, because it isn't the smart thing to do. But if you are wanting to pull guard, you have to close the distance, tie him up, then pull guard. Just falling down and expecting Silva to follow you is nothing short of a shameful gameplan by Leites.

If I'm Dana, I may keep Leites around simply because the 185 division is not that good, but Leites would not get off the undercard for a LONG, LONG time.

 

[CATCH17]

Leites looked like Vlade Divac out there with all those flops.

I feel bad for Anderson Silva.

I kept hoping he would try to go for the standing clinch but anytime he tried something Leites dropped to his back.

Very frustrating fight and glad I streamed this one and didny buy it.










BTW Chuck is officially done. He leaves his goods wide open and people are just exploiting it.

 

[Ren]

Leites should be ashamed of himself. I can understanding not wanting to trade with Silva, because it isn't the smart thing to do. But if you are wanting to pull guard, you have to close the distance, tie him up, then pull guard. Just falling down and expecting Silva to follow you is nothing short of a shameful gameplan by Leites.

If I'm Dana, I may keep Leites around simply because the 185 division is not that good, but Leites would not get off the undercard for a LONG, LONG time.

Now i'm glad i went to bed after the Shogun fight :

 

[Hostile]

Leites should be ashamed of himself. I can understanding not wanting to trade with Silva, because it isn't the smart thing to do. But if you are wanting to pull guard, you have to close the distance, tie him up, then pull guard. Just falling down and expecting Silva to follow you is nothing short of a shameful gameplan by Leites.

If I'm Dana, I may keep Leites around simply because the 185 division is not that good, but Leites would not get off the undercard for a LONG, LONG time.

I was kind of shocked at both guys.It was like they were scared of each other. I've seen more punches thrown in an NBA slap fest.

 

[Rampage]

Chuck needs to retire

Shogun getting the ko win was the best outcome for the division(more competition)

Leites should be fired. the guy is fighting for a title yet did absolutely nothing.

Anderson could've been more aggresive but than again he was compared to Leites who did absolutely nothing.

 

[TheCount]

I was kind of shocked at both guys.It was like they were scared of each other. I've seen more punches thrown in an NBA slap fest.

I don't think Silva looked scared at all, he owned the entire fight. He stalked Leites all five rounds and did whatever he wanted to do.

The main complaints are really from casual fans who want Rambo, someone that'll bust into a room and start mowing guys down with a machine gun and not care how many bullets he takes in return.

I didn't get to watch it live, but I saw all the complaining on blogs and stuff and thought it must have been really awful, after watching it the only thing that disgusted me was the fan response to seeing a man completely dominate his opponent in every facet of the match.

I thought Chuck's fight was more disgraceful to the sport than Silva's fight since it was entirely about the money. The media made it seem like Dana was apologizing for Silva not going in there guns blazing but after watching the fight and listening to his comments, it's clear he was apologizing for Silva's opponent.

 

[Hostile]

I don't think Silva looked scared at all, he owned the entire fight. He stalked Leites all five rounds and did whatever he wanted to do.

The main complaints are really from casual fans who want Rambo, someone that'll bust into a room and start mowing guys down with a machine gun and not care how many bullets he takes in return.

I didn't get to watch it live, but I saw all the complaining on blogs and stuff and thought it must have been really awful, after watching it the only thing that disgusted me was the fan response to seeing a man completely dominate his opponent in every facet of the match.

I thought Chuck's fight was more disgraceful to the sport than Silva's fight since it was entirely about the money. The media made it seem like Dana was apologizing for Silva not going in there guns blazing but after watching the fight and listening to his comments, it's clear he was apologizing for Silva's opponent.

He wanted to kitty cat slap at his hands and throw very few punches? It was over a minute and a half into the first round before either of them did more than just dance around each other.

He dominated a sissy. Big deal. I admit to being a neophyte or casual fan. There was nothing about that fight other than the commentator's glowing praise of Silva's past fights that was exciting. It was my first time to see the guy fight. I wish I had got my wish. I saw a lot of dancing, one guy afraid to fight standing up and another afraid to fight if the other guy was flat on his back.

Not impressed.